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Cotton cultivation likely to rise by 10 per cent in Punjab
2 killed in separate road mishaps
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Fake Arms Racket
Residents gear up for Mother’s Day
Revised pay’s arrears
Selbrah village incident: CPI panel accuses police of biased attitude
Train hits tractor-trailer, no casualty
Ex-FM visits Gidderbaha villages to enroll party members
Undertrial attacked by jail inmates
Liquor vend employee assaulted
Clash over liquor ‘shop’ averted
BSF constable booked on molestation charge
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Cotton cultivation likely to rise by 10 per cent in Punjab
Moga, May 7 As such, the production of cotton under favourable weather conditions is expected at 2,080,000 bales, this year as compared to 1,822,000 bales, last year. The joint director of the Agriculture Department Dr Nirankar Singh said the cotton crop has already been sown in 15 to 20 per cent of the area. The sowing is likely to be completed by the end of this month. Last year, extreme heat wave conditions and shortage of the canal water supply in this belt affected the process of sowing due to which the total area under cotton cultivation was reduced to 483,000 hectares as compared to 511,000 hectares of the preceding year. The cotton is mainly grown in Bathinda, Mansa, Muktsar, Faridkot, Moga and Ferozepur districts in the state. The Agriculture Department has already set up the flying squads of agriculture officers at the district and sub-division levels under the direct supervision of chief agriculture officers to keep a check on the illegal sale of spurious/sub-standard Bt cotton seeds. The agriculture officials say that the recent spell of rain in the Malwa belt of the state has come as boon for the cotton cultivators. “It has helped in a natural way to prepare the field for cotton sowing,” said Dr Jaswinder Singh Brar, an agro scientist of the state government based, here. Moreover, the rain has reduced the temperature in the area to an average of less than 40 degrees Celsius, which is suitable for the cotton crop. As per the estimates, 90 to 95 per cent of the area would be under the Bt cotton in the state. The Agriculture Department has carried out many seminars and awareness campaigns in the cotton growing belt to persuade farmers to cultivate cotton as it consumes less water. Dr Nirankar Singh says that the underground water table in the state in the cotton growing belt is constantly decreasing at an alarming rate and to save the natural source of water, the farmers should go for less water consuming crops. “Cotton is the best option for this to save the natural water source and fertility of the soil rather than paddy cultivation,” he said. It may be mentioned that the present cropping pattern in Punjab is dominated by wheat and paddy rotation. |
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2 killed in separate road mishaps
Abohar, May 7 Information gathered by the TNS indicated that driver Tara Singh was killed while his son Surjit Singh sustained injuries as their truck collided with another truck that had been parked on the Abohar-Seetogunno bypass here. Both the trucks overturned after the collision. Tara Singh was transporting dry fodder from Padampur (Sriganganagar) to Rajpura (Patiala). ‘Haathi wala Baba’ identified as Mahesh Kapdia of Gangakarai village in Tibapur area of Oriya district (UP) was killed while six others including two sadhus were hurt as the driver of a truck transporting four tractors from Bikaner lost its control and hit the roadside tree under which the victims were taking rest. Their elephant escaped with minor injuries. The injured sadhus were identified as Shyam Sunder of Faridabad (Haryana) and Vimal of Gawaribagpur (Kanpur). Sandeep Kumar, Moti Lal and Mohinder Kumar were among other injured persons. The truck driver fled after the incident. |
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Fake Arms Racket
Abohar, May 7 Sources said an FIR was registered on May 5 after the raids conducted by a team from Mansa. Though the local police remained tightlipped and avoided responding to the calls made by the media under the pretext that the senior officials were on the VIP duty at Jalalabad, it has now been revealed that three revolvers along with live cartridges, documents used in preparing arms licences and seals have been recovered during the raids conducted here but none could be arrested. The police have identified the suspected arms dealers as Harish Kumar Vij and Raman Vij, who run different gun houses near the sub-divisional complex, sources added. Meanwhile, Pardeep Kumar of village Gidderanwali has been arrested under Sections 25/54/59 Arms Act upon recovery of .15 bore pistol with cartridges during checking at the Killianwali bypass here. The police in neighbouring Sriganganagar area had arrested Satpal Bishnoi as he was carrying foreign made revolver without a valid licence. He was intercepted while going to Raisinghnagar. The police said the accused had earlier been booked under the NDPS Act as well. |
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Residents gear up for Mother’s Day
Bathinda, May 7 Ahead of the celebrations, gift shops, card galleries, bakeries, hotels, restaurants, multiplexes and shopping malls in the city have geared up. During a random visit to the city markets, it was observed that most of the bakeries, restaurants and beauty salons were being decorated in a colourful way to mark the day. To attract customers, a number of shopkeepers will be offering special discounts. A manager of a renowned beauty café informed that they were planning to introduce a special scheme for customers. “If a girl books a package for her mother, we will provide her with a complimentary package,” he said. Meanwhile, some restaurants are also offering discounts on special parties, get-togethers and reunions for all those who want to express their love and care towards their mothers. The gift shops are flooded with a variety of articles and cards. The florists in the city are also having ample stock of carnations, which is a symbol of mother's love. The tech-savvy youngsters are exploiting ultra-modern mediums like internet to express their affection towards their mothers. Social networking sites like the Facebook, the Twitter and the Orkut are abuzz with messages related to the Mother's Day. Some network service provider companies are also sending special SMSs to its customers. |
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Revised pay’s arrears
Bathinda, May 7 Secretary general of the PSMSU Raj Kumar Arora said the employees had been waiting for their pending revised pay’s arrears for a long. But now when their offices had submitted their arrear bills to the treasuries, the same were not being cleared by the latter as they were awaiting a nod from the government in this regard, he added. According to information available, the government has to pay the arrears for 43 months to the employees in three installments. The first installment was to be released after the payment of April month’s salary while the second and third installments will be released in 2012 and 2013. It is worth mentioning here that for getting the payment of the arrears, various employees' organisations and unions had organised agitations, including pen down strike, protest dharnas and rallies, in the past. When contacted, District Treasury Officer, Bathinda, Charanjit said they had received revised pay's arrear bills from about 15 to 20 per cent offices so far. He said as and when his office would get instructions from the state headquarter to pass the arrear bills, the same would be cleared immediately to make the payment to the employees. |
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Selbrah village incident: CPI panel accuses police of biased attitude
Bathinda, May 7 Issuing a press note, they alleged that the police was shielding the illegal vend opened in the house of villager Birbal Singh alias Beedi that led to violence. Further, the CPI leaders accused an ex-SGPC member of running the illegal trade of opening unauthorised vends parallel to those permitted in various villages. The state executive member of the CPI, Jagjit Singh Joga, alleged that though the clash took place for an illegal vend, the FIR police did not even mention the same, which reflected that the police wanted to save the illegal liquor mafia. He alleged that the police was just playing in the hands of the ruling Akali leaders. The CPI leaders have announced to hold a rally in Selbrah village on May 9 to protest against the police action.
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Train hits tractor-trailer, no casualty
Bathinda, May 7 However, driver of the tractor Sukhminder Singh managed to save his life after he abandoned the vehicle on the rail track. Official sources said after the collision, which damaged the tractor beyond recognition, the traffic on the Bathinda-Delhi rail section remained suspended for about half an hour. Later, residents of a nearby village lodged a protest against the apathetic attitude of the authorities concerned towards their demand of setting up a level crossing on the Bhucho-Tungawali link road. It is learnt that the railway police had taken legal action in this connection.
— TNS |
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Ex-FM visits Gidderbaha villages to enroll party members
Though Manpreet Badal could not be contacted despite repeated efforts, his OSD Jagtar Singh said Badal held rallies at Buttar Bakhua, Madhir, Rukhala, Sheikh, Samagh, Maniawala, Gilzewala, Chak Gilzewala, Khunan Khurd and Duhewala villages. He further added that during his rallies, Badal urged the people to join his party in maximum number so that they could change the complexion of Punjab by bringing the People’s Party of Punjab (PPP) to power to provide a corruption free and people-oriented rule in the state. |
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Undertrial attacked by jail inmates
Sriganganagar, May 7 SP Rupinder Singh said today that a case under Sections 323 and 143 of the IPC had been registered against Sheo Parkash, Dula Singh and Pawan Kumar. Information gathered by The Tribune indicated that the accused left the barrack number 5 to attack Kulwinder Singh, lodged in barrack number 4, to settle some old scores. They had in January attacked a jail staff, the investigation officer said. Sheo Parkash and Dula Singh had been convicted in a murder case. The jail authorities have sought permission from the higher officials to shift the accused to other jails, sources said.
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Liquor vend employee assaulted
Abohar, May 7 The persons named in the FIR are Amit, Som, Sandeep, Ashok Kumar, Gulab Chand and Anokha Ram. Bhushan had alleged that a car intercepted his motorcycle. Some miscreants came out and took him at gunpoint to a wholesale liquor store where he was thrashed. He was hospitalised. The accused refuted the allegations.
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Clash over liquor ‘shop’ averted
Bathinda, May 7 It is learnt that the liquor contractors had kept about 10 cartons of liquor bottles for selling purposes, at a house in the village. When the villagers came to know about it, they raised an objection. A heated exchange took place between the villagers and employees of the vend, which is functional in a nearby village. Immediately after receiving the information, the Nehianwala police reached the spot and took the stock of liquor bottles in its custody. Nehianwala SHO Gurpreet Singh said the police was investigating. No case was registered till this evening.
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BSF constable booked on molestation charge
Sriganganagar, May 7 The victim was examined by a medical board at Nohar civil hospital.
A case under Sections 376 of the IPC has been registered. Further probe was in progress.
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